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January 2012 Iowa Caucus Roundup

What a night. First the Results: Mitt Romney wins Iowa Caucuses by 8 votes. A real nail biter, to be sure. Santorum comes in second, trailing Romney by 8 votes (obviously) and Paul finishes third with 21% of the vote going his way. The bottom three were Gingrich, who despite a massive surge that I predicted wouldn’t last right here on the Haberdasher, finished with a disappointing 13% (of course, he blamed it on the scorched earth type of politics that he himself popularized in the 1980’s and which helped him win the Speaker of the House role after 1994’s “Republican Revolution”), while Perry and Bachmann finished far back in the pack. Iowa’s first casualty, Perry, has gone back to Texas to reassess his chances for the future of his run (EDIT: It appears that Perry will be going on to SC after all.)

That’s the facts, Ma’am. Now let’s look at the analysis. The winner of the Iowa Caucus (and I can put that word out straight, without quotes, as in “winner”) wasn’t even working for Republican votes last night. The President of the United States was the real winner of the Iowa Republican Caucuses last night, regardless of what the television and the news paper and the blogs say.

FOX says 'Muppets' are brainwashing kids, for SOCIALISM!!!

Fantastic! Don’t see the Muppet Movie unless you want your kids to turn into Socialists!

“He suggested that there “should be” Occupy Wall Street Muppets, saying that Occupy protesters “have been indoctrinated literally for years” by TV shows such as 1980s cartoon “Captain Planet” or Nickelodeon’s “Big Green Help,” which focuses on recycling.”

Sebelius singlehandedly guarantees an increase in teen pregnancy

Sebelius Overrules F.D.A. on Freer Sale of Emergency Contraceptives - NYTimes.com

The apparently socially conservative Sec'y of HHS, who ought to be fired Looks like the Obama Administration fails on progressive issues once more. Seriously: except for the lack of an alternative not bent on sacrificing the very social fabric of our country to Mammon Profit, why would ANYONE vote for this guy?

“In her own statement, Ms. Sebelius said, “After careful consideration of the F.D.A. summary review, I have concluded that the data submitted by Teva do not conclusively establish that Plan B One-Step should be made available over the counter for all girls of reproductive age.” She was referring to Teva Pharmaceuticals, the pill’s maker. She noted that 10 percent of 11-year-old girls can bear children, so they needed to be studied as well.

“Dr. Susan Wood, a former F.D.A. assistant commissioner who resigned in 2005 to protest the Bush administration’s handling of Plan B, said that there were many drugs available over the counter that had not been studied in pre-adolescents and that were far more dangerous to them.”

For another take on the topic, check this article out as well

“It came a day after Sebelius traveled to Kansas on Air Force One with the president, but it is unclear whether the two discussed the decision. An administration official was not aware of any conversations about the pill between the two, and said the decision was Sebelius’s alone.”

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In Major Gaffe, Obama Forgets To Dumb It Down | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

All satire is based in truth.

Obama forgets to talk to the "Average" American

This could very easily be an entirely real story. From the post:

“Instead of saying, ‘There are many global variables at work here, and unless they all fall into place, we could find ourselves back in a recession,’ he should have just said, ‘Times are hard. We gotta be strong,”

Today the Bomb buried in Obamacare goes off. Halleluja

Today, the part of the law which requires for-profit insurance companies to pay 80% of their premium toward their customer’s care, or rebate their customers, takes effect. The Author seems to believe this is the beginning of the end of for-profits, and the beginning of the beginning of universalized, public health care as for-profits are wiped out by their inability to make unlimited profit.

PolitiFact | The Obameter: Tracking Barack Obama's Campaign Promises

from @creepysleepy:

Thank you to my friend @Patrick McDonel, for pointing this one out. Whether you are a rabid supporter or a blind-hate detractor, this site has something for you, if nothing else, so that you can back up your ridiculous argument about whether or not Obama is any better than any other President in recent history.

From politifact.com, a trusted source in campaign fact checking.